[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c4.1191 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1191 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.1191 - **Language:** English ### [c4.1191](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1191) This story of the incarnation of Viṣṇu as fish is seen in the Bible figuratively. "In the order of the generations of Adam, the first creation of God, Śeth, Enos; Kainān, Mahalīl, Jāred, Enoch, Methūselah, Lamech and Noah were born. When Noah was five hundred years old he begot Shem, Ham and Japheth. - [Previous: c4.1190](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1190) - [Next: c4.1192](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1192) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1191](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1191) · Pramāṇa